Ahead of the US midterms, Twitter expands its Birdwatch fact-checking tool, adding 1,000 contributors weekly, each assigned a “rating impact” score out of five (Sarah Perez/TechCrunch)

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch:
Twitter makes notes on tweets from its crowdsourced fact-checking program Birdwatch visible to all US users  —  After last month’s expansion of Twitter’s crowdsourced fact-checking program known as Birdwatch, Twitter announced this morning the notes fact-checkers leave on tweets will now be visible to all U.S. users.

CNBC:
The Southern District of New York charges SBF with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy, money laundering, and more  —  – Federal prosecutors in the Southern District of New York unsealed eight seperate charges against disgraced FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried …

Jess Weatherbed / The Verge:
Twitter says Community Notes will require contributors to achieve a “Rating Impact” of 5+ by rating enough notes before they can write notes themselves  —  Twitter has announced that its recently released Community Notes feature will now require all contributors to rate …

Corin Faife / The Verge:
Data analysis of Twitter’s Birdwatch crowdsourced moderation tool: posts regarding COVID and “stop the steal” misinformation have been top areas of focus  —  Analysis by The Verge shows that Birdwatch users regularly tackle misinformation topics with the highest stakes, including pandemic response

New York Times:
Source: US prosecutors charge Sam Bankman-Fried with wire fraud, wire fraud conspiracy, securities fraud, securities fraud conspiracy, and money laundering  —  A statement by the government of the Bahamas said Mr. Bankman-Fried was arrested after prosecutors in the United States filed criminal charges.

J.D. Capelouto / Semafor:
A Birdwatch note adding context to Elon Musk’s tweet about Twitter’s revenue drop is gone; Musk called the community notes feature “awesome” earlier this week  —  Sign up for Semafor Tech, led by Reed Albergotti, to get our scoops and coverage of the industry’s biggest stories in your inbox twice a week.